 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reconciled
adjective
1: (followed by 'to') no longer opposed; "after a time she
became reconciled even to diplomatic receptions" [ant:
{unreconciled}]
2: made compatible or consistent
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reconcile \Rec"on*cile'\ (-s?l'), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Reconciled} (-s?ld'); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reconciling}.] [F.
r['e]concilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare
to bring together, to unite. See {Conciliate}.]
1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to
restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause
to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who
have quarreled.
Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. --Dryden.
The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
bishop. --Chaucer.
We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
v. 20.
2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission;
as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or
suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
The great men among the ancients understood how to
reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
--Locke.
Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
Considered singly, or beheld too near;
Which, but proportioned to their light or place,
Due distance reconciles to form and grace. --Pope.
4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
appease.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconciled":
accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive,
adjusting, amenable, at ease, comfortable, compliant, composed,
content, contented, easy, easygoing, eupeptic, euphoric, happy,
humble, meek, obedient, of good comfort, passive, pleased,
resigned, sans souci, satisfied, submissive, uncomplaining,
unrepining, unresisting, without care
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